diff --git a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONArray.java b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONArray.java
index ded271e17..11980bbd9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONArray.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONArray.java
@@ -144,6 +144,42 @@ public JSONArray(JSONTokener x, JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration)
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        if (jsonParserConfiguration.isStrictMode()) {
+            validateInput(x);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if Array adheres to strict mode guidelines, if not, throws JSONException providing back the input in the
+     * error message.
+     *
+     * @param x tokener used to examine input.
+     * @throws JSONException if input is not compliant with strict mode guidelines;
+     */
+    private void validateInput(JSONTokener x) {
+        char nextChar = x.getPrevious();
+
+        boolean isEndOfArray = nextChar == ']';
+        boolean nextCharacterIsNotEoF = x.nextClean() != 0;
+
+        if (isEndOfArray && nextCharacterIsNotEoF) {
+            String completeInput = collectCompleteInput(x);
+            throw new JSONException("Provided Array is not compliant with strict mode guidelines: " + completeInput);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String collectCompleteInput(JSONTokener x) {
+        String nonCompliantStringAfterArray = collectNonCompliantStringAfterArray(x);
+        return myArrayList + nonCompliantStringAfterArray;
+    }
+
+    private String collectNonCompliantStringAfterArray(JSONTokener x) {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder().append(x.getPrevious());
+        while(x.nextClean() != 0){
+            sb.append(x.getPrevious());
+        }
+        return sb.toString();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONParserConfigurationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONParserConfigurationTest.java
index a1838a4ee..b4f0c4d59 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONParserConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONParserConfigurationTest.java
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ public void givenInvalidInputArrays_testStrictModeTrue_shouldThrowJsonException(
                 () -> new JSONArray(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration)));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidDoubleArray_testStrictModeTrue_shouldNotThrowJsonException() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+            .withStrictMode(true);
+
+        String testCase = "[[\"c\"],[\"a\"]]";
+
+        new JSONArray(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void givenCompliantJSONArrayFile_testStrictModeTrue_shouldNotThrowAnyException() throws IOException {
         try (Stream<String> lines = Files.lines(Paths.get("src/test/resources/compliantJsonArray.json"))) {
@@ -208,6 +218,15 @@ public void verifyMaxDepthThenDuplicateKey() {
      */
     private List<String> getNonCompliantJSONList() {
         return Arrays.asList(
+            "[]asdf",
+            "[]]",
+            "[]}",
+            "[][",
+            "[]{",
+            "[],",
+            "[]:",
+            "[],[",
+            "[],{",
             "[1,2];[3,4]",
             "[test]",
             "[{'testSingleQuote': 'testSingleQuote'}]",